Back in September, Indiegogo, a fundraising website, froze the group's Wiki Weapon project and forced them to return the nearly $2,000 raised to the donors. But that didn't stop them from taking contributions.

The group secured the funding it needed by taking donations through Bitcoins, a digital currency. But it hit another snafu in October when 3D printing company Stratasys took back the 3D printer it had leased to Defense Distributed, citing the group's lack of a license to manufacture firearms.

But something doesn't sound right about that.

The whole point of 3D printing is that anyone can become a manufacturer.

So will everyone who downloads Defense Distributed's designs need to apply for a federal license?

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